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The Spirit of the Beehive

1973
Directed byVíctor Erice
1h 38m

In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.

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Ana TorrentAnaFernando Fernán GómezFernandoTeresa Gimpera
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Isabel TelleríaIsabel
Laly SoldevilaDoña Lucía
Miguel PicazoMédico
José VillasanteFrankenstein
Juan MargalloFugitivo
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Ketty de la CámaraMilagros, la criada
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GENRES
DramaFantasy
STATUSReleased
RATING
7.6

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